STRASBURG 11, FAIRLESS 2 On paper, it looked as if the matchup between Fairless and Strasburg shaped up as one of the top games during Friday’s opening day of the George Duhon Memorial high school softball tournament.

Evidently that paper blew away in the frigid and blustery conditions that greeted teams at Genshaft Park.

Strasburg used its patented small-ball approach, took advantage of seven Fairless’ errors and got outstanding pitching from junior Kristina LaRocca to roll.

The win keeps the Tigers undefeated at 12-0, while Fairless dips to 10-2.

The Falcons’ mistakes started in the first inning, when a walk, a fielder’s choice and their first error led to a 1-0 Strasburg lead.

Strasburg’s Tea Burlingame singled and scored on another error in the second for a 2-0 lead. The Tigers collected three hits, including an Amanda Dreher RBI single, and used two more Fairless errors to push across three runs in the third for a 5-0 lead.

Fairless coach Carrie Reynell knew going in that any mistakes against a traditional power like Strasburg would likely be too many.

“It’s hard when you play two teams out there. We were playing ourselves and we were playing Strasburg,” Reynell said. “Obviously, they’re too good of a team to have errors against.”

LaRocca retired the first 11 Falcons and scattered five hits to pick up the win. Kelly Hysong hammered a solo homer in the fourth and had an RBI single in the sixth for Fairless’ two runs.

Other games

JACKSON 12, WICKLIFFE 0 The Polar Bears batted around and scored eight runs in the first inning. The tone was set when the first two Jackson hitters reached and Abby Funk crushed a pitch for her second homer this season to put the Bears up 3-0. That was all senior starting pitcher Kelsey Schutt needed, as she shut out Wickliffe on four hits to improve to 4-2.

TUSLAW 5, GLENOAK 3 Tuslaw rallied to beat GlenOak. After GlenOak scored two in the first inning, Tuslaw took the lead for good with a three-run second. The Mustangs added single runs in the third and fourth innings. Megan Warner and Tori Gross each had a pair of hits for Tuslaw. The Mustangs had eight hits for the game.

DOVER 9, MASSILLON 2 The Tigers fell behind early, and couldn’t make up enough ground. Dover scored three runs in the first inning and tacked on two more in the second. Dover (10-2) starter Maggie Murphy shut down Massillon’s offense by limiting the Tigers to five hits. Hayven Keim picked up both RBIs for Massillon (4-7).